To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not — Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we "know" that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.

— Wendell Berry, It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
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